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From SHADOWLAND: Music for Pilobolus

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THE ELEPHANT
By David Poe. © 2010 Charming Martyr Music (BMI.) All rights reserved.

YOU ARE FULL OF THE ANIMAL
YOU DRINK THE BLOOD AND WEAR THEIR WOOL
THE PASSIVE CATTLE AND THE LOYAL OX
THEY PLOW THE FIELD FOR ELECTRIC SHOCKS
WARMER BIRDS FLY TO THE SUN
SHOT OUT OF THE SKY BY THE HUNTER'S GUN
THE FRIGHTENED CHICKEN, THE GLUTTONOUS SWINE
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT INSIDE YOU

NEVER FORGET
THE ELEPHANT
NEVER FORGETS YOU

FIRE TREES ON THE HILLS OF MEGIDDO
KILLER BEE, VAMPIRE MOSQUITO
THIS IS WHERE THE SNAKE SPEAKS IN TONGUES
TO THE FIRST MAN AND THE MAN-MADE WOMAN
LOVE FOR GAME AND WAR FOR OIL
SET THE TABLE WITH THE MORTAL COIL
PUT ON THE SKIN AND YOU EAT YOUR FILL
ALL YOU CAN EAT, ALL THAT YOU CAN KILL

NEVER FORGET
THE ELEPHANT
NEVER FORGETS YOU

FOG ROLLS IN, UNINVITED,
NIGHT MOANS FOR THE NEW DEAD
THE VOICES BEHIND SLAUGHTERHOUSE DOORS
IT'S MAN AND NATURE IN A MESSY DIVORCE
ICE MELTS BUT RIVER'S DRY
IT'S WHERE THE POLAR BEARS GO TO DIE
FLASH FLOOD FROM THE FAST FOOD HEAT
YOU GOT FAT ON THE CHEAP MEAT
YEAH

NEVER FORGET
THE ELEPHANT
NEVER FORGETS YOU

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from SHADOWLAND: Music for Pilobolus, released January 18, 2011
Produced, arranged, recorded, written and performed by David Poe.
Mixed by David Pattillo and David Poe at The Nest and Flow NY

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David Poe Los Angeles, California

"DAVID POE gives the singer-songwriter genre a much-needed jolt"
- Rolling Stone 

"The make-out record of the year”
-Harp magazine

"The major domo of songwriters"
-Village Voice

"The perfect man"
-Time Out! New York

"[Songs] like miniature novels."
- The London Independent

Composer fellow
- Sundance Institute 2009

Winner
- Lunas del Auditorio award 2011

Sundance Film Festival 2008 - 11
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